I hope this kind of puts it into perspective, (Partial years are prorated and extrapolated on straight line)
There is no doubt that our government is criminally responsible for the past 40 years of endless and pointless deficit spending.
To reach $1T- 1789- 1982. (193 years)
To reach $2T- 1982-1986 (4 years)
To reach $3T- 1986-1990 (4 years)
To reach $4T- 1990-1992 (2 years)
To reach $5T- 1992- 1996 (4 years)
To reach $6T- 1996- 2002 (6 years)
To reach $7T- 2002-2004 (2 years)
To reach $8T- 2004-2006 (2 years)
To reach $9T- 2006-2007 (1 year)
To reach $10T- 2007-2008 (1 year)
To reach $11T- 2009 (6 months)
To reach $12T- 2010 (6 months)
To reach $13T- 2010 (6 months)
To reach $14T- 2011 (8 months)
To reach $15T- 2012 (6 months)
To reach $16T- 2013 (6 months)
To reach $17T- 2014 (12 months)
To reach $18T- 2015 (12 months)
To reach $19T- 2016 (7 months)
To reach $20T- 2017 (13 months)
To reach $21T- 2018 (11 months)
To reach $22T- 2019 (9 months)
To reach $23T- 2019 (6 months)
To reach $24T- 2020 (5 months)
To reach $25T- 2020 (4 months)
To reach $26T -2020 (3 months)
To reach $27T- 2020 (2 months)
To reach $28T- 2021 (5 months)
To reach $29T- 2021 (5 months)
To reach $30T -2022 (4 months)
Or 1st $10T- 1789-2008 (219 years)
2nd $10T- 2008-2017 (9 Years)
3rd. $10T- 2017-2022 (5 years)